Pliable
['plaɪəb(ə)l] or ['plaɪəbl]
解釋/意思:
(v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
(v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.[2]. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, DOUGH-FACED, easily persuaded.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Flexible, supple, limber, like, ductile, yielding, manageable, facile, lithe,pliant
ANT:Stiff, stubborn, brittle, unbending, unyielding, unmanageable, inexorable
編輯:齐克
解釋/意思:
adj. easily bent or folded: supple: easily persuaded: yielding to influence.—ns. Pliabil′ity Plī′ableness quality of being pliable or flexible.—adv. Plī′ably in a pliable manner.—ns. Plī′ancy Plī′antness the state of being pliant: readiness to be influenced.—adj. Plī′ant bending easily: flexible: tractable: easily influenced.—adv. Plī′antly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- More pliable under change than her sister, Laura showed more plainly the progress made by the healing influences of her new life. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- My sister Sarah, with all the advantages of youth, was, strangely enough, less pliable. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- While glass is in the soft, yielding, pliable state, it is molded into dishes, bottles, and other useful objects, such as lamp shades, globes, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It lies near the pliable elasticity by which some persons take on the color of their surroundings while retaining their own bent. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This is used mostly in tanning soft, glovey upper leather, which when finished makes a very tough yet soft and pliable leather for footwear. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The frame is stoutly constructed, and the face thickly upholstered with scrap leather and a heavy but pliable covering. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- If the specimen is fleshy or brittle allow it to wilt until it becomes more pliable, or if necessary it may be pressed and dried first. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Who could be much with so pliable and beautiful a creature, and not yield to her endearing influence? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She is pliable, and I can be strong in my recommendations of him. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
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